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Writers Connect is an almost daily podcast (5 days per week isn’t exactly daily is it?). We focus on first chapters from books on Wattpad and sometimes we even discuss more writerly things, like technique and genre, but that’s not a daily thing.
With First Chapters, we’re able to take an honest look at what attracts people to a story. Plus we get to have a little fun with the audio format, presenting the story in a way readers haven’t experienced yet. It’s not a critique or a preview, just a first chapter, and the listener gets to decide if this is a book they’d like to pick up.
Ellie has walked and played in these woods since she was a child. The stories of monsters who come out at night are just that – stories. So why does Ellie suddenly feel like she's being watched?
Follow JANE PEDEN on Wattpad http://www.wattpad.com/user/JanePeden
Read the story on Wattpad and vote: https://www.wattpad.com/1304103095
Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/328543647
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "The Epic Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
After discovering her boss' darkest secret, a lawyer retreats to the abandoned woods only to summon sins of her own...
Follow SIBERIA on Wattpad http://www.wattpad.com/user/siberiathewriter
Read the story on Wattpad and vote: https://www.wattpad.com/1303434287
Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/328543647
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "The Epic Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
As the date of Prince Alden's cursed 21st birthday draws closer, he finds unexpected pleasure in the company of the dragon woman assigned to watch over him.
Follow RORY NORTH on Wattpad
Read the story on Wattpad and vote: https://www.wattpad.com/1306860247
Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/328543647
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "Piano Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
An encounter with a practicing witch and a demon, leaves the witch wanting the demon to stay on the mortal plane with her....
Follow ASTROPHILE on Wattpad
Read the story on Wattpad and vote: https://www.wattpad.com/1306899589
Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "The Epic Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
The old family legend warns of an immortal woman who will drag the last remaining Barthold to hell isn't a legend at all. It is a warning...
Follow AN HORTON on Wattpad http://www.wattpad.com/user/anhorton1227
Read the story on Wattpad and vote: https://www.wattpad.com/1306860247
Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/328543647
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "The Epic Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
A yeti hunter becomes the prey when she finds herself pinned beneath the creature she's meant to capture...
Follow MikaelaBender on Wattpad.Read the 35 short story anthology MONSTROUS LOVE on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/328543647
Narrated & Edited by Rodney V. Smith
Music: "The Epic Trailer" copyright TM_Colors, All Right Reserved
Madeline examines her current relationship with Troy with a reminder of how they got together.
Narrated by Rodney V. Smith
Written by Wera Niyom
Narrated by Rodney V. Smith
When Malee Hu returns to Thailand for the Chiang Mai Flower Festival to search for the father who abandoned her, she finds love.
Wera Niyom is an Asian/Black fantasy and historical fiction author who started her journey on Wattpad, where she won the 2019 Wattys. She currently leads the Asian Fantasy profile and Thai Ambassadors team as part of the Wattpad Ambassadors program, with the hopes of raising the voices of authors who specialize in Asia-inspired fantasy.
Written by Debra Goelz as Brittanie Charmintine
Narrated by Rodney. V Smith.
Music by Tw*nkles - Blithe
When aspiring veterinarian, Anesthesia Jones is tricked by her roommate into interviewing for a dogsitting gig for billionaire Crispin Shades, she encounters an enigmatic man with an extraordinary number of ab muscles (although why he was shirtless for the interview was confusing). During the interview, Crispin's standard poodle is the most well-behaved dog she's ever seen. Anesthesia finds herself shocked yet thrilled by Crispin's training techniques.
Soon Anesthesia discovers Crispin's true nature (spoiler alert - he's not just a billionaire, he's an emotionally unavailable, uber possessive, piano-playing, billionaire werewolf with a secret traumatic past.) But by now, she's too far in to escape. Will this new life of dark sexual exploration, fast cars, galas, and long walks howling at the full moon, lead Anesthesia to years of erotic bliss or an embarrassing trip to the emergency room?
Story updates Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Follow Debra Goelz on Wattpad and on Social Media
@DebraGoelz @BrittanieCharmintine
Subscribe for updates and more content!
Written by Jane Peden
Narrated by Rodney V. Smith
Lena is drawn to the compelling stranger in the Miami club - but is he looking for something much darker, and more dangerous, than she imagined?
written by Henry Scott
narrated by Rodney V. Smith
A deleted chapter from 'Revenge' detailing the fateful night that Emma was possibly conceived.
I'm Henry, a Wattpad star with 5 books formerly in the Paid Stories program. I live in Metro-Detroit with my wife, 4 kids, two dogs, a cat, and a turtle. You can see them on my Tik-Tok and Instagram.
Written by Caroline Richardson @Mustang Sabby
Narrated by Rodney V. Smith
Marissa has a decision to make on a night meant for love — Does she walk away or follow?
Written by Van Carley
While scavenging in a wasteland, Armand Ríos must choose between following his mentor's lead or saving a stranger who might be a vampire and potentially endanger his community.
Narrated by Rodney V. Smith
Written by Debra Goelz as Brittanie Charmintine
Narrated by Rodney. V Smith.
Music by Tw*nkles - Blithe
When aspiring veterinarian, Anesthesia Jones is tricked by her roommate into interviewing for a dogsitting gig for billionaire Crispin Shades, she encounters an enigmatic man with an extraordinary number of ab muscles (although why he was shirtless for the interview was confusing). During the interview, Crispin's standard poodle is the most well-behaved dog she's ever seen. Anesthesia finds herself shocked yet thrilled by Crispin's training techniques.
Soon Anesthesia discovers Crispin's true nature (spoiler alert - he's not just a billionaire, he's an emotionally unavailable, uber possessive, piano-playing, billionaire werewolf with a secret traumatic past.) But by now, she's too far in to escape. Will this new life of dark sexual exploration, fast cars, galas, and long walks howling at the full moon, lead Anesthesia to years of erotic bliss or an embarrassing trip to the emergency room?
Story updates Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Follow Debra Goelz on Wattpad and on Social Media
@DebraGoelz @BrittanieCharmintine
Subscribe for updates and more content!
Written by Debra Goelz as Brittanie Charmintine
Narrated by Rodney. V Smith.
Music by Tw*nkles - Blithe
When aspiring veterinarian, Anesthesia Jones is tricked by her roommate into interviewing for a dogsitting gig for billionaire Crispin Shades, she encounters an enigmatic man with an extraordinary number of ab muscles (although why he was shirtless for the interview was confusing). During the interview, Crispin's standard poodle is the most well-behaved dog she's ever seen. Anesthesia finds herself shocked yet thrilled by Crispin's training techniques.
Soon Anesthesia discovers Crispin's true nature (spoiler alert - he's not just a billionaire, he's an emotionally unavailable, uber possessive, piano-playing, billionaire werewolf with a secret traumatic past.) But by now, she's too far in to escape. Will this new life of dark sexual exploration, fast cars, galas, and long walks howling at the full moon, lead Anesthesia to years of erotic bliss or an embarrassing trip to the emergency room?
Story updates Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Follow Debra Goelz on Wattpad.com and Social Media
@DebraGoelz @BrittanieCharmintine
Subscribe for updates and more content!
A first chapter has a lot of heavy lifting to do. It has to introduce the reader to the characters and the story and be compelling enough to make them want to read more. Even more so on Wattpad. With over 665 Million stories on the Platform, which book is the right one for you? Something from one of the Wattpad Stars? What about from the Editor's Picks or something from the front page? What we’re going to do is read the first chapter of some of these well-known and sometimes not-so-well-known books. No reviews, no judgments, just First Chapters.
OUT OF HIS LEAGUE - https://www.wattpad.com/story/178688310-out-of-his-league
CAROLINE RICHARDSON - https://www.wattpad.com/user/MustangSabby
Gretchen Harper didn't expect to meet her favourite baseball player, Joshua Malvern, on her way to Vegas for a wine event, especially seeing as he's not headed there by choice. Having been sent down from the major leagues, Joshua is worried about the future of his career, but as they get to know each other over the course of one weekend, there's no denying the fire between them burns hot. But they're from completely different worlds and their affair isn't meant to last. With his career up in the air and her job her primary focus, can they find a way to round the bases towards love?
Being published with W by Wattpad Books - Available April 5th, 2022
A CELESTIAL REQUIEM - https://www.wattpad.com/story/161267751-a-celestial-requiem-sample
WERA NYOM - https://www.wattpad.com/user/wera_nyooms
2019 WATTY-WINNING NOVEL IN FANTASY
Shen Mingxia is far from a monster.
After a violent childhood outburst leads to the disfigurement of her bully's face, Mingxia is labeled as Shangzihua's village yaoguai. The humans fear her destructive power, leading to years of hostility, distrust, and abuse. Despite the humans' hatred towards her, she strives to prove them wrong by becoming a successful herbalist.
But fate has other plans. When Crown Prince Liwei and Emperor Xun arrive in Shangzihua, a powerful mate bond ties her and the Crown Prince together, revealing her true identity and the secrets of the past.
As she tries to accept her Celestial dragon origins and the truth about her parents, Mingxia faces another inevitable truth: the coming of the Tarot. In order to fulfill her destiny as the Last Celestial, she must overcome the demons of her past and successfully cultivate to prove to the Council, and the people of Wuzhen, she is worthy of being their Empress.
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, KOBO, AND BARNES AND NOBLE
THE AWAKENING - https://www.wattpad.com/story/284307898-the-awakening
TAMARA LUSH https://www.wattpad.com/user/TamaraLush
Just months before I start medical school in Boston, I decide to let loose for one night. A dark club, a loud band, strong drinks--and the attention of a dangerous-looking man who says he's in the city for only a week.
I know exactly what he is: a three hundred year old Italian vampire. I also know what he wants: me. We can have a scorchingly hot, casual fling and fulfill our desires.
But our all-too-brief time together makes me want him even more. Matteo Moretti's broken soul speaks to something that's fractured inside of me.
But before I fully give myself to him, I must learn to navigate a new reality - as a powerful vampire.
The Awakening is a mature New Adult story. This book contains strong language, violence, and sexual situations. Recommended for ages sixteen and up.
WATTY AWARD WINNER!
Falling for the Gun-Toting Accountant https://www.wattpad.com/story/257952739-falling-for-the-gun-toting-accountant
ZOE BLESSING https://www.wattpad.com/user/Zoe_Blessing
Summer Hong is good at her job. As a field agent for the IRS's criminal investigation division, she knows never to let things get personal. Her resolve is tested, however, when she meets the beguiling Holly Layton.
Holly loves Christmas, and loves the Layton Christmas Tree Farm even more. If only her father would take her seriously and let her play a bigger role in the company. Dealing with an IRS agent breathing down their necks isn't what she had in mind, though. Still, if she succeeds in somehow making the problem go away, maybe she'll finally get the recognition she deserves. But how do you get rid of a "problem" you secretly have a crush on?
CUT TO THE BONE https://www.wattpad.com/story/137675320-cut-to-the-bone
MB DALTO https://www.wattpad.com/user/druidrose
Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are-- Azima's own people.
**A FEAST OF SOULS https://www.wattpad.com/story/201259975
by LINDSEY CLARKE https://www.wattpad.com/user/LittleCinnamon**
Lillian Elmes remembers the warning her mother gave her about the town's Sin-Eater only too well.
How could she not when she'd ignored it as a child, only to find herself plagued with nightmares when she'd seen with her own eyes what the dark work of the Sin-Eaters entailed?
Now an adult, Lilian's curiosity still burns deep, especially when she crosses paths again with the town's freshly-appointed Sin-Eater, the mysterious and strangely alluring, Daniel Carver.
Desperate to find out whether the rumours about the dark priests are true, Lillian makes the journey into the forest to spy on Daniel in his woodland cottage, only to realise that she really should have heeded her mother's warning all those years before.
For Lillian Elmes, looking into the eyes of the Sin-Eater is going to bring her far more than she had ever imagined it would - murder and mayhem, ghosts that just won't lay to rest and an attraction that might just be more lethal than the undead who've started rising from their graves.
Follow the Author: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Hubrism
Read the book on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/224824081-kiss-and-tell
Cata ran away from Venezuela after her older brother was killed during protests, leaving behind her parents and twin sister. Now a senior college student of mechanical engineering in Orlando FL, she has her eyes set on a full-time position at the company she interns for. There is only one obstacle: Gabe.
Gabe, the campus babe, has it all. The girls in school pine for him, he's the best student in the entire mechanical engineering graduating class and is poised to snatch that full-time position from Cata. Finding a job after graduation isn't his biggest concern, though. Turning his brother's wedding into a major rebulú is.
When Gabe breaks up with his girlfriend, he needs a new date to the wedding. Cata is the perfect candidate. As the only girl in campus who hates him, she will never confuse fake dating for the real deal, and for Cata this is the perfect opportunity to bring him down. Until suddenly Gabe discovers a secret that could bring all of Cata's plans crashing down on her.
Fake dating only works if you don't kiss and tell, and things are about to get real for them.
HUMAN CODE
Author: Vee Lozada
Bionics Pharmaceuticals has an Android for every need and desire. Whether a household requires a maid, a nanny, or a couple lusting for that 'third' spark, Bionics would create it. Without question.
So, on July 3rd, 2016, when Javier Morales dies in a car crash, his parents request the unfathomable: recreate their son.
In the beginning, it was wonderful. A cyborg specially crafted for their family, fully equipped with what remained of his memories, Javier was just what they needed to deal with their grief. But reality sets in, and when his body doesn't age, they move on.
And now, to his family, he's a memory.
And to the rest world, he shouldn't exist.
For Javi, it was life. And he came to terms with his fate.
Until rogue androids start attacking other androids and civilians. And kidnap his kid sister.
In order to save her and everyone else, he has to dig into his core to regain control of his mind and body. But does he have enough heart to regain his soul?
Two Tickets to Paradise
Leigh W. Stuart - https://www.wattpad.com/user/BindingTies
Fresh off the heels of a heart-wrenching breakup, Beth is looking to pick herself up and get back on the horse. In a stroke of delicious luck, she wins a beautiful vacation to Hawaii! Cue in the sunny beach, yummy cocktails and the chance to completely let her hair down. What Beth doesn't expect is for her boss, Jerry, to turn her relaxing vacay into an opportunity to save her job that's on the line. With all of this going on, Beth drunkenly makes a deal with the office hottie, Russell, to get him to go on this trip with her! What comes next is the most tantalizing adventure of Beth's life. Russell has a hard and fast rule about not dating anyone from the office but Beth drives him to the brink of insanity. And even though they are both healing from past demons, the pull towards each other is so electric and it's a recipe for the most mouth-watering 'work' vacation yet.
LAW, LIES, AND LOVE AFFAIRS by JANE PEDEN
Six years after a weekend fling with her law school nemesis, Michael Wellington, Stephanie is hiding a secret that could change the lives of many. The last thing she wants is for Mike to find out. Groomed for success from the day he was born, with a powerful family whose wealth and influence go back generations, Mike is everything she's not. His charming arrogance makes him the last person she wants to deal with, even if she can't deny the attraction between them. So, as Stephanie takes the world by storm as one of the most successful international lawyers, she keeps up the lies and the facade that she started with her twin sister all those years ago... But what will she do when the house of cards comes crashing down?
Read the book: https://www.wattpad.com/story/155207768-law-lies-and-love-affairs
Meet the author: https://www.wattpad.com/user/JanePeden
TATTERED PAIGE by LL Sanders
READ THE BOOK:https://www.wattpad.com/story/285099293-tattered-paige-nanowrimo-2021 Meet LL Sanders: https://www.wattpad.com/user/LLSanders
Seventeen-year-old romance writer, Ima Jean Paige, questions the afterlife following the recent death of her brother leading her and best friend, Atem Tahir an amateur filmmaker, to the remote Ayahuasca forests for a private spiritual retreat. Although her search is for the meaning of life and beyond, she discovers an odd story outline in her notebook that details and predicts the night's unsettling and bizarre happenings. Realizing they are characters in an unwritten horror novel, they must rely on the notebook and their storytelling abilities to not only gain control of their lives but somehow steer the narrative toward a happy ever after. For fans of The Cabin in the Woods, Midsommar, and The Babadook!
THE LAST SHE - HJ Nelson
A plague has swept over the Earth, killing the majority of the population and every female. Except one. Ara witnessed the horror and destruction, but for the last three years she has survived. Now, desperation and hunger force her out of the mountains and onto a dangerous path; across the flooded downtown and through the gangs of survivors is hope. Ara's father spoke of a clue that could save not just her, but humanity. Then she is captured by a group of men. Despite the seeming kindness of Kaden, a young man her own age, Ara doesn't know if she can trust them. Then again, there's no way she can cross the plague-ridden city on her own. Men. Monsters. Is there a difference? This is the story of The Last She.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/h.j.nelson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hjnelson
Find the Book: https://www.wattpad.com/story/44318698-the-last-she-books-1-3-the-last-she-series
Follow the Author: https://www.wattpad.com/user/hjnelson
Now available for pre-order, releases December 07
Host Rodney V. Smith (HOW NOT TO VAMPIRE) talks with Van Carley about the smut scene in her latest novel THE DIVORCEE MURDER CLUB and about writing smut in general.
Vanessa Carley: wattpad.com/user/van_carley
@vancarley
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